354. Raid on Ganzhou City
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Li Deming decided to send 10,000 captured soldiers, led by his mother's clan Ye Lixionghe, and added several supplies. He went straight to the Uighur border to wait for a while and sent an order. If the prince Yuanhao needs it, the army could go deep into the Uighurs to meet with the cavalry at any time and reinforce the prince's cavalry.
When the imperial edict was released, rumors in the capital disappeared immediately. It turned out that the king had a deep affection with the prince, and he was just a general lesson to the Uighurs. It was not a battle to scoop the country, so of course there was no need for many troops. This time he went to reinforce again, which meant that it was nothing.
So the capital was stable.
But Li Yuanhao only started to feel uneasy at this time.
He was a suspicious person. He fought and hunted in difficult environments all year round, which made him develop a sympathy of not trusting anyone. Especially in his father, he saw his father's humiliation and surrender to Liao and Song, and his repeated defeats. Once his vitality recovered, his fangs appeared. He saw that every time his father used a few simple surrender statements, letters and even a few words, he coaxed the fools of the Song Dynasty...
Humph. If there is really someone who is the most unreliable in this world, it may be his father!
Subconsciously, he thought so. He just never thought deeply. At first, he also heard rumors in the capital and laughed it off. What kind of military tactics are these people? Although they gave fewer people, they would be able to do it if they were enough. They must destroy the Uighurs. Teach the lessons and get some benefits. So he didn't care about it.
However, with Li Deming's edict, he drove away tens of thousands of captured soldiers to come for reinforcements, and Ye Lixionghe was the one who led the troops, and he began to doubt it.
Capturing soldiers alive is a logistics arm of the Dangxiang, responsible for transportation, supply, roads and waters, building bridges, transmitting intelligence, treating wounded, etc. In fact, it is the fusion of multiple arms of logistics, transportation, engineering, and rescue.
Is it necessary to send such soldiers to support you? Don’t say that your cavalry is enough to win, even if you can’t, can you win with these supporting roles in the army? These people follow you, can only be said to be a burden, right? You might as well send me 500 cavalry to you!
Furthermore, why should I go to the border and stand by? If I really have the will, can't I go straight to it? Are I guarding against me or picking me up?
Third, since I sent a general, why did I send Yeli Xionghe from my father and mother's family? Is there no one in my mother's family Wei Mu's family? Is it safe to be able to capture only 10,000 soldiers alive and give them to Wei Mu's family. If I leave them to Yeli's family, I may not be safe to be able to be able to do it!
At this time, Li Yuanhao, who had already passed Yizhou, was facing the blazing bonfire outside the tent at night, remembering his thoughts.
He really couldn't tell what his father's intention was.
At some point, someone came gently next to him. Li Yuanhao looked up and saw that it was his uncle, Wei Mude. Wei Mude sighed, sat cross-legged beside him, and said softly: "These rumors are everywhere. Prince, don't be busy returning to China for the time being."
Yuan Hao suddenly looked up at the cousin and said word by word: "Do you want to provoke me, father and son?"
Wei Mude immediately sweated coldly. He knew his cousin's methods. If he had a disagreement, he might have lost his life without blinking. He really regretted talking too much just now!
Wei Mude dared not look directly at Yuan Hao's gaze. A sensation of pressure made him hang down his spine involuntarily, sweating and wet his back.
With a "ah", Yuan Hao sighed deeply. Wei Mude felt a sense of relief. The night was as cool as water, and his whole body couldn't help but feel cold.
"Why are you so angry with me? You are also kind." Yuan Hao said to Wei Mude, but seemed to be talking to himself.
Wei Mude no longer dared to answer the conversation, and just listened as he said. I don’t know which nerve Yuan Hao had pulled, but suddenly stood up and said, “I am interested in the expedition, and I will send the three armies to set off!”
"Where to go, go back to Beijing?" Wei Mu De said.
"No, go deeper from Guazhou and go to Ganzhou!" Yuan Hao said lightly.
"Does the prince want to take over the Ganzhou Uighurs?" Wei Mude was a little surprised. The prince used his troops, was full of imagination and was elusive, and it was difficult to guess his clues.
In just less than a stick of incense, Li Yuanhao had already completed his calculations in his mind. The Uighurs in Xizhou were powerful, and two thousand people came in deep, losing more than 300 cavalry. This was pretty good. No matter what the rumors in the capital were, this battle could no longer be fought. Anyway, there were many fine and soft robberies and had already taken advantage of it. It would be better to withdraw from the hinterland of the Uighurs in Xizhou, but to take straight to Suzhou and Ganzhou when everyone expected it. That was the territory of the Uighurs in Ganzhou. When it arrived there, it was actually not far from the capital of Daxia.
Li Yuanhao was confident that even if he had less than two thousand cavalrymen, no one could stop him. At that time, he would stop and watch and spy in secret. If his father was really suspicious, he would not hurry back and occupy the territory of Ganzhou and take root first. If the arrangement was appropriate, he could go straight to the capital and ask for a reason with his father. If things were not in harmony, he might as well turn around and take down the yellow-headed Uighurs, and at least he would be able to control Suzhou to Guazhou and Shazhou in his hands. At that time, he would not have the position of the crown prince. If he really wanted to force himself, wouldn't he take it?
In Li Yuanhaotian, there are actually very few views on human ethics and righteousness. What he wants is to expand his territory and spread the world, and to enjoy the world's strong wine, beauties, and blood flows into a river in the blink of an eye and corpses are everywhere.
He would only fight back with affection for his father's affection.
After making up his mind, Li Yuanhao did not hesitate anymore and entered the big tent to rest. He left Wei Mu and had to arrange everything.
Early the next morning, the team was neatly packed. Li Yuanhao brought out this time with all the jing-shaped cavalry, also known as the army. Each of them had a long-lasting horse, a hunchback, each carrying drums, flags, guns, swords, sticks, slaps, bags, felts, slings, ropes, etc., wearing iron armor, leather robe, iron bows on his back, and arrow bags on his waist and hips. They were all dark and arranged with fierce momentum.
Li Yuanhao turned over the horse and looked around. The team of nearly two thousand people immediately sounded like a bird, except for one or two horses that sniffed.
"Boys, this time we fight to the death, we have already penetrated into the hinterland of the Uighurs. Are we powerful, the warriors of Daxia?"
"Awesome!" Two thousand people shouted in unison, shaking the sky. They were extremely majestic.
Li Yuanhao nodded slightly, what he wanted was this momentum. Then he said, "Is there enough of what we want?"
"No!" The same loud, the same neat.
He smiled. For the Dangxiang cavalry who had robbed Rizi, there was never enough spoils.
"Okay, now, we have to keep moving forward until your camels can't hold on to gold, silver and jewelry! OK?" His voice became louder and louder.
"good!"
"Start and go straight to Ganzhou!" Li Yuanhao pulled out his waist knife and waved it hard. The golden light shone brightly under the sun, turning into a brilliant arc.
Two thousand people came and went like the wind, and were like entering a human territory in the enemy's territory.
Li Yuanhao's marching had a characteristic. He must have a clear understanding of the various situations of the terrain, landform, population and military situations early. This is necessary and the basic skills of the generals. However, what is unique is that for a long time, the Dangxiang cavalry has defeated the more with fewer and weaker, which has cultivated his characteristics of marching urgently, concealed and raided. Thousands of people disappeared in the wilderness of Yizhou, which surprised the Xizhou Uighurs. If it weren't for throwing down hundreds of cavalry corpses and leaving behind the looted ruins, the Xizhou Uighurs would hardly believe that there was an extremely fierce team here.
Not to mention Ye Lixionghe who is waiting for the crown prince's decree far away from the border?
Yerixionghe first sent someone to contact Yuanhao, and the reply he received was that the prince would return without any need to capture soldiers alive for assistance. After waiting for more than ten days, he received the news from the Uighurs that one morning, two thousand cavalry suddenly disappeared, and the trace could be found.
Nori Yuki felt that things were going big, and the prince's farewell suddenly disappeared without saying goodbye, and he didn't know what it meant. While he was persevering and waiting, he ordered his subordinates to return to Beijing to report the news immediately.
When Li Deming heard the fatal news, his golden cup fell to the ground with a bang. No one knew his son better than his father. He knew that this was a sign that his son was about to deal with him.
What should I do when a pair of foxes who were once close to each other suddenly disliked each other? At this time, no one would want to show sincerity and eliminate misunderstandings, but would clamp their tails at the same time, staring at the other party with bright eyes. As long as there is an abnormal movement, a bite will surely occur.
Li Deming made another mistake in his judgment. He could basically confirm that his son had completely become suspicious. In his rage, he issued a second order with extreme error: the left wing brave army led by Yuan Hao, the right wing Chaoshun army and the Guazhou Xiping army were not allowed to obtain imperial edicts and imperial edicts, and no action was allowed. At the same time, the 10,000 Xingling Army, which was originally commanded by Yuan Hao, was immediately dispersed into several parts, scattered to the army outside the capital, and exchanged defenses with his direct jingling troops.
If he simply suppressed the rebellion, his arrangement was extremely correct. But he was wrong. He had to be careful, but he was not completely prevented. He did not explain his completely true ideas to the entire army, so that Yuan Hao could take advantage of the opportunity. Because he still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that this son, who was more cunning and fierce than him, would come back on his own initiative, and reunite his father and son, and be as reconciled as before.
He didn't know that Li Yuanhao suddenly disappeared and quietly walked the Guazhou route.
After marching along the vacuum of the border between the Uighurs and Daxia in Ganzhou for seven or eight days, the spies sent out sent a message back: The king had an order, and the Guazhou army was not allowed to be mobilized without authorization. When Li Yuanhao heard this, he smiled coldly, and he really wanted to get rid of me!
Hesitated again, more than 1,700 cavalrymen rushed to the Guazhou Army garrison regardless of their hard work.
When he heard the news that the prince suddenly came to the Guazhou army, the regiment trainees were a little panicked and confused. They naturally set up a guard of etiquette and lined up to welcome the prince. Although he had heard many rumors, the king still did not dare to turn against the prince when he did not have clear instructions.
From a distance, I saw the prince holding the knife hilt, followed by a dozen guards straight to the military camp, and the regiment commander hurriedly went up to greet him.
"I don't know that the prince is coming from afar, please forgive me for not waiting for him." Before he could express his guilt, Li Yuanhao said with a slash, his hand raised his sword and fell, and the training team made the head fall to the ground. His eyes might not be sure, and his mouth opened wide and moved, as if he was still trying to inhale desperately.
All the soldiers were frightened. No one expected that he would use such a fierce method to solve a decent regiment training envoy.
The fat face and big hooked nose are very fierce and cruel under the white ripples.
He slowly turned around and glanced coldly, and his head was shivering everywhere he looked.
Li Yuanhao said in a low voice: "You are all soldiers led by me personally, who dares to rebel against me?"
No one dares to answer.
"Tell me the order, the whole army will be launched and fight!"
A head, a question, and an order took over all the Guazhou troops without leaving any one.
More than 20,000 people on Ganzhou Road in the right wing were taken away by him, and 8,000 were taken away by one word. Adding to the 1,677 he brought, it was exactly 10,000. Li Yuanhao was led by these ten thousand soldiers, so he could calmly resist anyone in the world.
Another seven days later, it was already the end of August. In Ganzhou City, the Khan of Gui Zhongbaoshun, who was enthroned by the Song Dynasty, fell into a night. Tongshun suddenly received an urgent report. A large number of traces of Dangxiang cavalry were found more than 80 miles outside the city, with a number of less than 10,000 people.
Ye Luo was shocked and quickly ordered the city gate to close, put away the suspension bridge, and soldiers across the country were ready for battle.
Li Yuanhao's large army was approaching Ganzhou in a flash. He did not call for war or ordered the siege of the city. He just ordered the entire army to rest on the spot and camped in a large circle.
Just when Ye Luo was suspicious, another soldier came to report that the army rushing to Ganzhou to assist Ganzhou was blocked by Li Yuanhao's three thousand cavalrymen and could not advance. Ye Luo Luo had military capabilities, so he could only do nothing and ordered Ri Ye to defend the city.
For a time, the city towers of Ganzhou were waving and covered with soldiers guarding the city. When they saw that Li Yuanhao's troops were all cavalry, they were a little relieved. Cavalry had to rush to attack the field, but it was much worse to attack the city. Everyone was shooting bows and arrows, and they occupied the high ground. How could they suffer? Now that the suspension bridge is closed, although the moat is not wide and shallow, it is a trench after all, and seven or eight thousand troops are squeezed over, just seeking death. I also know that the Dangxiang people have always had only ten days of dry food, and it is no problem to hold on to the city for a year or two, so what else is there to be afraid of? Let them fight Qiufeng in the suburbs.
But after only one day, Ganzhou City learned about Li Yuanhao's power. This guy stopped moving during the day and was leisurely. At night, he suddenly sent a large number of soldiers, grouped eight people, and set up thick cowhides. He secretly waded across the moat under the night. There were five to eight soldiers under the leather felt, holding wooden barrels, constantly filling water in the river and pouring it onto the base of the city wall.
The soldiers guarding the city were shocked when they saw it. The loess on all sides of Ganzhou were the most scarce of stone. The city wall was made of loess. Although it was as strong and durable as stone, it was most afraid of water. If it was too much, the foundation of the wall must be soft. So they rang overnight, and the fire on all sides of the city walls sprinkled stones like raindrops, and wanted to repel the Dangxiang bastards who were poaching the wall. To be continued.)
 
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